Dalel Singh Ror is an Indian
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
player who received one of the country's highest sporting honors, the
Arjuna Award
The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, on ...
, in 1990. Dalel Singh was born on 10 June 1956 into a
Ror family of Amin village near
Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra (, ) is a city and administrative headquarter of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Realm of duty ") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita".
Legends
According to the Pur ...
, in
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...
.
[Page 253, ''Students' Britannica India'', by Dale Hoiberg, Indu Ramchandani, Popular Prakashan India, ]
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Indian men's volleyball players
Living people
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Volleyball players from Haryana
Kurukshetra University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Asian Games medalists in volleyball
Volleyball players at the 1986 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for India
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